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Ep12 - Legal Intrapreneur Basics - Live recording from Legal Innovation & Tech Fest (Sydney, 2018)
In this special episode, we go to the Sydney 2018 Legal Innovation and Tech Fest where Verity Presented on Legal Intrapreneur Basics.
Ep11 How to make a Reverse Sandwich Contract – the high level process for creating a powerfully productive contract
Time to make your contract process more productive. This is the episode that puts together all the previous episodes and ideas into one full process overview… We run through the four big Secrets of Productive Contracts. We step through six steps of how to make a Reverse Sandwich Contract™ which makes use of those four contract secrets
How to Build a Winning Business Case for Legal Innovation
Creating a business case for legal innovation can be a major stumbling block for many legal professionals. In fact, it’s the one step of the legal innovation process that causes most people to come unstuck, not because it’s particularly difficult or time consuming, it’s a problem of translation.
Ep10 How to map a contract for productivity
Time to make your contract process more productive. On this episode of the Checklist Legal Podcast, we look at: How to create a mind map, My favourite application for creating mind maps, How to create process maps for more complicated contracts with lots of moving parts and of course our ACTIONABLE CHALLENGE that we have in every episode for you to try.
Ep09 How to make your contracting process more productive
On this episode of the Checklist Legal Podcast, we look at: Why you have to get your contract process in sync with your contract document, An example of an out of sync, slow process and how process mapping fixed it, Why a visual map of a contract process is so useful, The common culprits of slow contract processes and how to fix them and of course our ACTIONABLE CHALLENGE that we have in every episode for you to try
Ep08 Is it time lawyers lose the legalese?
On this episode, we look at the SLAPP test. This test gives some key tactics we can use to improve the productivity of the contract document.We’ll cover: Academic studies showing the effectiveness of visual contract elements, The picture superiority effect, Why easy to read is easy to like and Contract formatting tips.
Legal Innovation on a shoestring: How to innovate on a budget
Legal teams must cut costs. But how can you innovate with no time and no money?
In this article, I share some ideas and tips on how to innovate your legal work with little to no extra funding.
Ep07 SLAPP your contract into shape: The SLAPP test for productive contracts
On this episode, we look at the SLAPP test. This test gives some key tactics we can use to improve the productivity of the contract document. We’ll cover: • Academic studies showing the effectiveness of visual contract elements • The picture superiority effect • Why easy to read is easy to like • Contract formatting tips
Ep06 How to make a contract document more productive (with Triple O Productivity)
Write for readability On this episode of the Checklist Legal Podcast, we are covering the Triple O Productivity way to approach your contract document.
Ep 04 How to delegate like Beyoncé
Today’s show is all about the Delegate like Beyoncé checklist.
Ep 03 Be a lazy lawyer
Can you delegate that?
In this episode of the Checklist Legal Podcast we discuss… Why minion is not a dirty word, We look at the different types of minions available to you, Examples of some basic Robot Minions to try, Tactics for approaching minions and What to do if you have no minions.
Ep 02 A contract is not a bit of paper
Do you have an EXTRAordinary skill set?
On this episode of the Checklist Legal Podcast, we’ll go through: What a contract is and what it could be, Who is a contract for? Who is the user of a contract, Why your ordinary laywering skills are not enough anymore and why you need an extraordinary skill set, What does it mean to think digitally? and How does digital thinking apply to building a contract?
Ep 01 Productive Contracts: Reverse Sandwich Contracts with Verity White
This episode Verity discusses the Reverse Sandwich Contract method.
Sneaky hidden pre-filled email code for absolute beginners
Do you ever wish you could write other people's emails for them? Perhaps you get requests that come through with missing information or unclear details? Maybe you want to direct certain requests to another person, but you don't want that person to get lump with lots of unclear requests.
CHECKLIST: Comparisons & Savings Claims checklist
A helpful checklist of key legal issues for promotions using comparisons or savings claims
CHECKLIST: General advertising & marketing checklist
A handy checklist as a basic guide to key legal issues for advertising and marketing.
Productivity Tools for Lawyers: The tools I use
The right tool can make a big difference. You can't easily hammer a nail with a spoon and it's hard to eat cereal with a hammer. There are lots of productivity tools and helpful apps out there for lawyers.